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As someone who, over the last year, has gone from sedentary, in front of the computer lifestyle, to jogging 5K 3 times a week on the treadmill and getting 10K s

As someone who, over the last year, has gone from sedentary, in front of the computer lifestyle, to jogging 5K 3 times a week on the treadmill and getting 10K steps per day half the days in the last month... My wife and I both feel 20 years younger. The change brought on through a number of lifestyle changes has been dramatic and basically entirely positive. Yes, steps is only one component of it. But: I could also see that steps probably do correlate with other healthy lifestyle choices. Just making time in the day for a half hour walk or an hour on the treadmill is an indicator of prioritizing some health choices over other things.

stephen_g 5y ago
Yes, I agree! I've gone from not doing enough exercise to a level where I'm pretty happy too (hope to work up to doing 10K at a decent pace but I can do 5K without too much difficulty now). I'm really enjoying doing swimming (1.5 to 2K a week), jogging not as much at first but it's growing on me as I'm getting fitter! Having made the effort myself over the last year and a half, it's pretty surprising seeing so many 'correlation is not necessarily causation' people here (yes, we all understand the concept) basically imply that everybody probably does as much exercise as they possibly can for their level of health, so it might all just be a correlation... It seems quite clear from general observation that a huge proportion of the population could exercise much more than they do, but don't. (I definitely didn't!). It also seems surprising because that argument basically seems to dispute the idea that exercise makes you healthier... There's definitely both correlation and causation happening. But walking and jogging is really good for health, people shouldn't just write it off! Here's a good study on walking interventions and positive health outcomes, for example - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25601182/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25601182/

stephen_g 5y ago

Yes, I agree! I've gone from not doing enough exercise to a level where I'm pretty happy too (hope to work up to doing 10K at a decent pace but I can do 5K without too much difficulty now). I'm really enjoying doing swimming (1.5 to 2K a week), jogging not as much at first but it's growing on me as I'm getting fitter! Having made the effort myself over the last year and a half, it's pretty surprising seeing so many 'correlation is not necessarily causation' people here (yes, we all understand the concept) basically imply that everybody probably does as much exercise as they possibly can for their level of health, so it might all just be a correlation... It seems quite clear from general observation that a huge proportion of the population could exercise much more than they do, but don't. (I definitely didn't!). It also seems surprising because that argument basically seems to dispute the idea that exercise makes you healthier... There's definitely both correlation and causation happening. But walking and jogging is really good for health, people shouldn't just write it off! Here's a good study on walking interventions and positive health outcomes, for example - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25601182/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25601182/